Posting this one for Andrew’s pleasure. He’s always giving me hassle about how much of a pain it is to install linux apps.

Ian Murdock’s Weblog » Blog Archive » Software installation on Linux: Today, it sucks (part 1)
I have a confession to make. Sometimes, when I’m trying out an unfamiliar open source component, I cheat. Even if the software I’m working on will deploy to Linux, I’ll sometimes develop it on Windows first. Why? Because on Windows, an open source component is likely to come with an installer that just works.

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